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Give Thanks to the LORD, for He Is Good

Psalms 106:27

In 11 translations

BSB
to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.Or cast down or cause to fall
KJV
To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.To overthrow: Heb. To make them fall
WEB
that he would overthrow their offspring among the nations, and scatter them in the lands.
ASV
And that he would overthrow their seed among the nations, And scatter them in the lands.
LSV
And to cause their seed to fall among nations, || And to scatter them through lands.
YLT
And to cause their seed to fall among nations, And to scatter them through lands.
DBY
And that he would make their seed fall among the nations, and disperse them through the countries.
DRC105:27
And to cast down their seed among the nations, and to scatter them in the countries.
GNV
And to destroy their seede among the nations, and to scatter them throughout the countries.
JPS
And that He would cast out their seed among the nations, and scatter them in the lands.
LXXE105:27
and to cast down their seed among the nations, and to scatter them in the countries.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וּלְהַפִּ֣יל זַ֭רְעָם בַּגּוֹיִ֑ם וּ֝לְזָרוֹתָ֗ם בָּאֲרָצֽוֹת׃
LXX-Br105:27
καὶ τοῦ καταβαλεῖν τὸ σπέρμα αὐτῶν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι, καὶ διασκορπίσαι αὐτοὺς ἐν ταῖς χώραις.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Leviticus 26:33But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
  • Psalms 44:11You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.
  • Ezekiel 20:23However, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.
  • Deuteronomy 28:64–65Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known. Among those…
  • Deuteronomy 28:37You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
  • Deuteronomy 4:26–27I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed. Then the…
  • Deuteronomy 32:26–27I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind, if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was…

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